English Explanatory Dictionary

what happens twice happens thrice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. An event that happens two times will happen three times.

Word forms

what happens twice happens thrice

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 二度ある事は三度ある (“A thing that happens two times will happen three times”)

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